Mayor Nutter sporting his Penn hat.
In case you missed out on the latest free food political advocacy opportunity, Mayor Nutter graced us with his presence in the Baby Quad today to talk about the census… and visit his old dorm room.
After he poked fun at Whartonites, calling them “constantly obsessed and thinking about money,” our fair Philly mayor stressed the importance of filling out your census card.
Nutter coined some fun census catchphrases, including “10 questions on the census, it takes 10 minutes to fill out, but the results last for 10 years” and “Yes, we do!” the latter of which doesn’t sound familiar at all.
When asked how the results would directly affect Penn students, Nutter listed resurfacing streets, funding for mass transit and growth in University City to be among the benefits.
He also mentioned that census takers would be knocking on doors to remind people to actually do it. But if they come, we know how to deal with them.
For the DP’s coverage of the event, check here.
Mayor Nutter is making the Census an excuse for a little personal homecoming. The city’s head honcho is going to be at his old College House, Riepe, at 4:30 to get students pumped about the Census.
It’s kind of like the old days of college rallies, except instead of burning things in anti-war protests we’re eating free pretzels and cooperating with the government. Viva la census!
Check the DP article here for more info.
Mayor Nutter will be on campus tonight at 7:30 in the Terrace Room of Claudia Cohen Hall, to talk to the Penn community about Philadelphia and the issues that matter to us, not some stuffy old politician with white hair and a jar of dentures beside his Tempurpedic and an absolutely boring personality. His speech will be followed by a Q & A session, so come prepared to ask hard hitting questions. We’ve got “What is your lunch meat of choice?” and, “Is it true that angels cry when I use bad language?” covered, so don’t steal those.
Be sure to send info/photos to underthebutton@gmail.com if you attend the event!
Nutter endorsed Hillary in the primary but eventually changed his tune.
SPOTTED: Philadelphia mayor and Penn grad Michael Nutter and his wife on an early morning post-inaugural train back to Philly. Having presumably spent yesterday in Washington with our fine nation’s political elite, Nutter slummed it with the rest of us on the regional, in coach, no less! Unlike another semi-notable local politician who was known to favor a first-class ride on Amtrak’s Acela, Nutter did his part to reduce (slow the increase?) of Philadelphia’s massive deficit by saving the city a chunk of change. Props to you, Mayor Nutter!
He looks pretty harmless to us.
Quakers, rejoice – you can now use the above phrase for someone other than, well, Dean Lee Stetson. According to our very own Philadelphia Inquirer, Charles Isdell, Jr., longtime director of the Philadelphia airport, has announced his sudden retirement. This resignation comes on the heels of a Fox News investigation that revealed Isdell’s residence in – gasp! – New Jersey. Apparently, employees of the city are required to live in the city, so Isdell’s Cherry Hill pad didn’t fly with Mayor Nutter. Although Isdell did improve Philly’s customer service ratings (according to J.D. Power and Associates, at least), here’s hoping his successor will make sure that our flights actually leave on time.
